When Poverty Mattered

This book looks at the anti-poverty policies pursued in Canada under the Pearson and Trudeau governments. Its central subjects are the General Annual Income proposal and the founding of Praxis, an anti-poverty think tank.

The author traces how public debate about poverty shifted as neoliberal ideas gained influence. Readers concerned with widening income gaps, rising hardship, and growing disengagement from politics as automation eliminates jobs should find the subject especially relevant.

Weinberg has worked for Inter Press Service since 1996, writing on Canadian politics, local politics, foreign and defense policy, and culture.